At least one person died Friday in a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 in Woodland.
According to the California Highway Patrol traffic information website, the crash occurred at about 4:30 p.m. on southbound I-5 at the County Road 102 exit, where as many as five vehicles were involved. The Yolo County coroner’s office was summoned to the scene at about 5 p.m.
Witnesses reported that one of the vehicles may have been speeding and caused the collision, which left several other people hospitalized, the CHP website says. Officers cleared the scene at about 6:50 p.m., though traffic remained backed up in the area for another 45 minutes.